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Grist has an excellent article detailing the plight of Atlantic menhaden, dubbed by many as "the most important fish in the sea." While the fish are inedible to humans, they're perfect for turning into feed for aquaculture farms, poultry farms and other

There are few places on earth with as much biodiversity as Madagascar -- in fact, 615 new species have been discovered there in the last 10 years alone. And yet, there are few places facing as much risk of

About two years ago, I was at a conference and one of the presenters brought up her idea that a significant cause of nearsightedness is the fact that so many of us spend most of the time indoors staring at computer

Barcoding seems to be the conservation concept of the day, and that goes for sparing trees from illegal logging. The latest country to use the technology is Liberia, and at least one expert thinks that barcoding trees

Back in 2009, scientists posed that we should start freezing corals in liquid nitrogen when it became clear that corals are going through extreme difficulties with pollution, the chance in the ocean's pH balance, and

That old phrase tossed out by parents at fearful children about spiders, "They're more afraid of you than you are of them," has never been more true, at least according to researchers from the King Juan Carlos

Marine ecosystems such as the Giant Kelp forests off the coast of California are dependent upon certain ocean movements -- the kelp receives nutrients from the passing waves, which then creates habitat for a multitude of other species from urchins to

We can now add space debris remediation with tungsten micro-dust to the many geo-engineering proposals on the table for cleaning up the mess humanity is making with our only planet. The proposal, penned by G. Ganguli, C. Crabtree, L.

Wildlife corridors are an important part of allowing animals to move freely among ranges and slow the impact of human encroachment on habitats. By connecting wild spaces and allowing animals to move from one area to another,

The conventional environmental wisdom is that invasive species, be they plant or animal, can easily become a destructive force for native species. And that wisdom is far from wrong. But some new research adds some nuance to the situation, explaining

Plastics have officially entered the food chain, as seen in the deadly effect things like Styrofoam and bottle caps have on sea turtles and albatross, and even whales. However, how far into the food chain

We talk a lot about invasive species on TreeHugger, following the news on how species get from their native habitat to a new ecosystem and, once there, wreak havoc. Some of the most interesting invasive species are Asian carp, kudzu and even rats since

It's the World Wildlife Fund's 50'th anniversary and in its honour the Royal Mail has issued a series of ten stamps. The animals featured are species from around the world which have benefited from the work of the conservation